{"id":13506,"date":"2014-11-30T12:55:42","date_gmt":"2014-11-30T17:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/?page_id=13506"},"modified":"2023-12-07T10:08:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T15:08:54","slug":"toy-ads-cinderella-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/toy-ads-cinderella-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"Toy Ads: Cinderella\u2019s Magical Talking Vanity (Notes)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Notes on The <em>Cinderella Magical Talking Vanity<\/em> Toy Commercial<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What makes the talking vanity &#8220;magical&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>Why does the ad begin with a scene from Disney&#8217;s Cinderella?<\/p>\n<p>Ask students to guesstimate the age of the girls seen in the ad.<br \/>\n(Is their answer close to the recommended age for the toy: see below)<\/p>\n<p>Judging from the size of the vanity, ask them to guess the height of the vanity<br \/>\n(What follows is an actual photo from the toy manufacturer&#8217;s website, and the actual<br \/>\ndimensions located on Amazon.com)<\/p>\n<p>Take a yardstick or tape measure and show students 26 inches (the height) and<br \/>\nask them if they are surprised.<\/p>\n<p>Is the commercial deceptive in this way?<\/p>\n<p>In what ways does the commercial make the toy look more appealing?<br \/>\n(think about the setting, the music, the special effects)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/cinder8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" border=\"2\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Actual size: (in inches):<br \/>\n7.70 x 20.00 x 25.80<\/p>\n<p>Recommended age: 3 years+<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>From the Manufacturer<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nThe Magical Interactive Cinderella Vanity is a must have for every little girl that wants to be Cinderella! The Vanity interacts with the child and instructs them on which accessories to pick up and use. Cinderella&#8217;s face appears in the mirror. This vanity lights up, contains talking phrases that are unlocked by a special key.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Notes on The Cinderella Magical Talking Vanity Toy Commercial What&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[207],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-13506","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-toys"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13506"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36944,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13506\/revisions\/36944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}